Your nonprofit can cross one item of its to-do list. As of September 2013, Arizona will become of the few states without a charitable registration requirement. Arizona Governor Janice Brewer signed into law last month legislation repealing the requirement for charities to register in the state prior to soliciting donations. The Governor signed the bill …
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Another View on Nonprofit Effectiveness
Has all the recent news about how to measure nonprofit effectiveness left your charity confused? The Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation, a national association of charities and their direct marketers, thinks it has the answer – a set of fundraising principles. The Federation based these principles on how it believes “legitimate” charities conduct fundraising. It …
Nonprofit Grading System Based on Overhead Cost a Thing of the Past?
Is looking at a nonprofit’s overhead costs a good measure of its effectiveness? The leaders of three leading sources of nonprofit information – GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance – recently wrote an open letter answering this question with a resounding NO. The letter reasons that focusing solely or predominantly on overhead(the expenses …
America's Most Wanted: Charities Edition
The Tampa Bay Times recently ran a series on what it and The Center for Investigative Reporting describe as the nation’s 50 worst charities. These include nonprofits whose fundraisers earn up to 98% of every dollar earned and whose insiders make millions of dollars per year. The articles also admonish charity regulators for not doing …
Google Tests a New Giving App
Do you think Google can change the world one $1 donation at a time? It’s trying to do just that with One Today, its new mobile application that enables people to contribute $1 to any highlighted charitable project of their choice. The app features a different project every day and allows donors to share their …
Will High Admin Costs Mean No State Charitable Deduction?
What if high admin costs caused your nonprofit to lose the ability to take donations that received a state charitable deduction? The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that will do just that. The bill mandates that charities devoting less than 30% of their expenses to their charitable programs over three years will be required …